The cost of getting a carryout bag could be on the rise if a proposed bill is signed into law.
A bill filed by Senator Melinda Bush, D-Grayslake, creates the Carryout Bag Fee Act.
If passed, customers would be charged $0.10 on each carryout bag used, except in municipalities with a population greater than 1,000,000.
The fee would be broken down as follows:
- $0.03 of the fee would be returned to the retail establishment
- $0.04 into the Carryout Bag Fee Fund
- $0.01 to the Prairie Research Institute of the University of Illinois
- $0.01 into the Solid Waste Management Fund
- $0.01 into the Partners for Conservation Fund
Those who use carryout bags when purchasing items through specified governmental food assistance programs would not have to pay the fee.
